A Framework for Road Authorities to Assess Their Readiness to Support Connected and Automated Driving

Ianto Guy; Alex Wright; Kevin McPherson; Boris But; Risto Öörni; John McCarthy; Bahman Madadi; Ary P. Silvano; Jeannette Andersson; Adewole Adesiyun

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-04774-8_116

A Framework for Road Authorities to Assess Their Readiness to Support Connected and Automated Driving

Ianto Guy^*
, Alex Wright
, Kevin McPherson
, Boris But
, Risto Öörni
, John McCarthy
, Bahman Madadi
, Ary P. Silvano
, Jeannette Andersson
, Adewole Adesiyun

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Connected and Automated Driving (CAD) will bring disruption to individuals, economies, and society. Most forms of CAD require some level of support from the infrastructure for their safe operation, in particular communications. However, additional infrastructure services to support CAD could improve safety and robustness and bring further benefits such as increased capacity. However, the infrastructure requirements of vehicle Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) are not always clear, and it is therefore difficult for National Road Authorities (NRA) to prepare future levels of support for CAD, given rapidly evolving technology and uncertain projections of future CAD demand. There is a need to articulate those requirements, bringing stakeholders together to formulate a structured approach, and a roadmap that will advance safe and smart roads that support CAD. This paper presents the DiREC project (consortium partners: TRL, ARUP, TU Delft, VTT, VTI and FEHRL) funded by the CEDR Transnational Road Research Programme Call 2020 with funding provided by CEDR members of Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. DiREC is seeking to address the above challenge. The project has established a CAV-Readiness Framework (CRF) based on a level of service approach to understand the needs of CAD, and to define the infrastructure and services that NRAs could provide to support these needs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility
Publisher	Springer
Pages	815-821
Volume	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-032-04774-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-032-04773-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04774-8_116
Publication status	Published - 2026
MoE publication type	A3 Part of a book or another research book
Event	10th Transport Research Arena, TRA 2024 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 15 Apr 2024 → 18 Apr 2024

Publication series

Series	Lecture Notes in Mobility
Volume	Part F1004
ISSN	2196-5544

Conference

Conference	10th Transport Research Arena, TRA 2024
Abbreviated title	TRA2024
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	15/04/24 → 18/04/24

Funding

This paper presents the DiREC project (consortium partners: TRL, ARUP, TU Delft, VTT, VTI and FEHRL) funded by the CEDR Transnational Road Research Programme Call 2020 with funding provided by CEDR members of Belgium (Flanders), Denmark, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. DiREC is seeking to address the above challenge. The project has established a CAV-Readiness Framework (CRF) based on a level of service approach to understand the needs of CAD, and to define the infrastructure and services that NRAs could provide to support these needs.

Keywords

CAD
Digital Infrastructure
Framework

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Guy, I., Wright, A., McPherson, K., But, B., Öörni, R., McCarthy, J., Madadi, B., Silvano, A. P., Andersson, J., & Adesiyun, A. (2026). A Framework for Road Authorities to Assess Their Readiness to Support Connected and Automated Driving. In Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility (Vol. 5, pp. 815-821). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-04774-8_116

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A Framework for Road Authorities to Assess Their Readiness to Support Connected and Automated Driving. / Guy, Ianto; Wright, Alex; McPherson, Kevin et al.
Transport Transitions: Advancing Sustainable and Inclusive Mobility. Vol. 5 Springer, 2026. p. 815-821 (Lecture Notes in Mobility, Vol. Part F1004).

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